Bunny Rabbit

Yvette took this photo of a wild bunny at Wet 'n' Wild World on the Gold Coast when she and Zach were there for a holiday, he just hopped in for a photo shoot and hopped away again. He wasn't scared of her at all !

Mermaid

This is one of Yvette's friends, we are certain she was a Mermaid in a previous life, when we went on holidays to Surfers Paradise and found this mermaid fountain, I just had to take her photo with the mermaid.

First Holy Communion

Zach made his First Holy Communion, we were so proud to see him dressed in a collar and tie, he is growing up so fast, we had a small celebration with family on the day. I am very happy that he is getting the Religious training that is so lacking for some young children today.
I always call Zach "My Little Angel" so please forgive me for the halo and wings on this LO, but he will understand my reasons for doing it when he grows up, and I want to always remind him of how I feel about him.

Sweet Little Max

Sweet "Max" who came to celebrate Zach's Birthday with him. Max will probably grow up to be a surfer boy, he lives near the beach, and Mummy and Daddy take him often.

Double Digits !!

Zach is now ! ! 10 ! !
Boy are the years flying past ! We had a quiet celebration with family and friends, it was lovely to have Zach's new little cousin visit and wish him a happy birthday, Max is 18 months old and a little sweetheart, and, as runs in the family, sooooo good looking. I love this photo of Zach blowing out his candles with Max, it was a lucky shot to catch him in full blow LOL ! !

Zach and Caprice

Zach and Caprice love to play after school, they don't get to do it very often, but when they do they sure have fun, laughing and giggling and chasing each other around. It is wonderful for me to hear them happy together, so I run for the camera to capture the moments !

Me !!

Zach took this photo of me just recently, he did the best he could with the subject matter at hand LOL I am really pleased with the LO I have done, even if I couldn't do much with the face. I'm sure God still loves me anyway.

Centennary Park

Our local Council opened a new park for the children to play in, it is HUGE, so naturally we took Zach and his mate to play, to see if it was any good. They had a ball, it was a coincidence that both boys wore similar shirts, but it made my photographs look just that much better don't you think ?
This LO was scrap lifted from "ScrapGirls" Newsletter dated Thursday 17th July 2008, the LO was done by Melanie Johnson.

Kookaburra

Still the birds keep arriving into my "New Garden" this time it was a pair of Kookaburras. They were sitting on my front fence and when I didn't come out to feed them, one of them took the initiative and was banging on my front window !!
When we pulled the curtains back to take his photo, he was not fazed by the fact we were just on the other side of the glass at all. Zach is on school holidays so he took both of these photo's.

A Peacock and Wombat

This day we took Zach to our local privately owned zoo "Simbio", and these are two of the best, out of hundreds of photo's that we took that day. The Peacock was showing off to all the ladies (hens), and the Wombat was sunning himself in the warm summer sun, We had a great day, and Zach was amazed with all the animals there. Being a Leo he seems to be drawn to animals of all kinds !!

50th Birthday Celebrations

My how times flies !!! Seems like yesterday we had this party for my 50th. Yvette organised a surprise party for me, and I think I spent the night walking around in a daze, it really was a shock, I had no idea at all !
We had a wonderful night, and I received some absolutely fantastic gifts, I will never forget this party, it was the best one that I ever had in my whole life. My daughter is definitely one in a million !!!

Daughter

I'm still experimenting with my new lens, it has various filter that go with it, this was one result that I really like, it seems to be blurry but in fact it is supposed to turn out like this, it is a special soft filter lens. Now that I have gone digital, I know that I can do these things with PSE but I miss using my old SLR.

Ivan

We went to our friend Sammi's house for a barbecue, after lunch we went for a stroll though the grounds of Sammi's huge property on the outskirts of Sydney. He had a wonderful little valley with a creek running through it and he also had this lovely horse that his daughter rode. The horse was extremely friendly, and Ivan struck up a pose with him !!

Lighthouse

Lighthouses always remind me of olden times, with sailing ships and shipwrecks and a solitary way of life for the lighthouse keepers, not so today though, modern improvements have made all our lives so much better !! Thank Goodness !!!

Daisies

Daisies in my back garden. I had just bought a new lens for my (now old) Pentax SLR camera, and was experimenting with it, I was lucky enough to catch a bee on the daisy, and was very impressed with myself at the time. These old photo's that I am scrapping were all taken in 1995 !!

Another Bird Another Time

This day we were taking a ride on a boat around Forster on the North Coast of NSW. A bird came swooping in, I think that he thought we were a fishing boat and if he stayed with us he would get something to eat. He stayed with us for about 10 minutes, and I couldn't help but take lots of photo's of him.

More Visitors

The day before the Rainbow Lorikeets came into my garden, my son had these Sulphur Crested Cockatoos in the garden as well, these guys can almost be a pest, and the neighbours get angry when we encourage them to come. They sit on my front fence and break the bulbs on my fairy lights, smashing them with their strong beaks. If you happen to have timber anywhere (like I have on my screen above the new garden bed), they will chew it until it is all broken and gone. The trouble is I just love these guys, and they only seem to come down into the garden when they are hungry, which isn't all that often, probably about twice a year, so I feed them and to hell with the neighbours !! lol

Cats

As I said before I was going through an old photo album and came across some photo's, very dear to my heart, of old friends. This Layout is of our cats, they are long gone now but definitely not forgotten !!
The Black one (Ebony) had a coat like mink, he was so delightful to cuddle, and so even tempered, he never ever scratched anyone.
The Grey and White one (PuddyRat) was a very regal part Persian cat, he was very superior to Ebony but they did love each other very much, when Puddy died, Ebony cried for days, looking for his mate !
Sometimes Puddy though he was a dog, when he was a teenager, he used to go over the fence and steal the dog next doors' bone and bring it back home. I always wondered how he could jump the fence with a bone in his mouth, but he did !! I saw it one day !!
They were a lovely pair !!

My Dearest Daughter

I was going through my old photo albums, and came across these lovely photos of my daughter before she became a mother, she hasn't changed very much in all these years, in fact she still looks the same to me !!
It has been a delight to spend the day scrapping these pictures and getting nostalgic !!

Things You Find !!!!!!!!!

What a surprise to go out into the backyard and find a frog has set up residence in your swimming pool !!
He was having a wonderful time diving to the bottom of the pool, then coming up again, sitting on the stairs and having a bask in the sun.
I think he thought he was on holidays at the local resort !! We had to get him out of the pool for his own safety, we were unsure if the chlorinated water might not be good for his health. He wasn't happy about coming out, but we eventually got him out without hurting him and he hopped away, maybe into the resort pool next door, who knows !